Copy 2, Volume 2

A compendium of the anatomy of the human body. Intended principally for the use of students / [Andrew Fyfe].

  • Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824
Date:
1812-1813
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A compendium of the anatomy of the human body. Intended principally for the use of students / [Andrew Fyfe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nor is it fully determined what particular purposes it serves. Among other purposes, however, it contributes to preserve the structure of the tender Vessels, Ducts, and Papillee, placed between the Cutis and Cuticle; and in the Negro, it is supposed to serve as a defence against the heat of the climate, by preventing the rays of the Sun from penetrating the Skin. Cutis VERA. The Cutis Vera, or Skin, properly so called, lies im- mediately under the Corpus Mucosum, and gives a ge- neral covering to the whole Body. It is formed of Fibres intimately interwoven, and run- ning in every direction, like the hairs in the felt of a hat, and is so plentifully supplied with Nerves and Blood-vessels, that the smallest puncture cannot be made in any part of it, without occasioning pain and a dis- charge of blood. The Blood-vessels of the Cutis are so numerous, as to appear to form almost the whole of its Substance, and are of such a size as to be injected with facility. It is strong and elastic, and may be elongated in eve- ry direction, after which it recovers its former dimen- sions. It forms the Body of the Skin, or Dermis, and is that part in Quadrupeds of which Leather is made. The outer part of it is dense and firm, the inner loose, and gradually degenerating into the common Cellular Substance, It